EDWARDSVILLE — Mother Nature took a swipe at area sports Thursday evening, causing rainouts across the region.

The Summers Port at WaterWorks Southwestern Illinois Swim Association swim meet scheduled for 6 p.m. in Edwardsville was canceled, as was the American Legion District 22 baseball showdown in Bellevile between the Metro East Bears and Belleville.

“There was heavy rain that started first in Alton and hadn’t hit Edwardsville yet,” Summers port coach Nancy Miller said. “But was going to hit there soon enough and we decided it would be better to cancel it early instead of having people wait all evening still have it canceled anyway.”

The rainout is the second for WaterWorks, which also had a bye the first week of the SWISA season and thus hasn’t had a meet yet after three weeks of the summer season. The Marlins’ meet last week against Splash City was also canceled because of inclement weather.

Miller said she was not sure when - or if - the WaterWorks meet would be rescheduled.

“It’s tough to try and double up with two meets in a week,” Miller said, “but we don’t know anything yet.”

Summers Port and WaterWorks are next scheduled to be in action at the annual SWISA Relays Meet, set for Monday at Sunset Hills in Edwardsville.

The next scheduled action for the Bears is Saturday in the Festus, Mo. Invitational Tournament. The Bears will face Jackson at 3 p.m. and Creve Couer at 8 p.m. Sunday, they are also scheduled for a pair of tournament games, facing Farmington at 11 am. at Festus and later playing DeSoto, Mo. at 4 p.m. at Jefferson Community College in Hillsboro, Mo.